SchemaElement (OpenAM Server Only 7.3.1 Documentation)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeType, DitContentRule, DitStructureRule, MatchingRule, MatchingRuleUse, NameForm, ObjectClass, Syntax
```
public interface SchemaElement
```
Interface for schema elements.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDescription()`	Returns the description of this schema element, or the empty string if it does not have a description.
`Map<String,List<String>>`	`getExtraProperties()`	Returns an unmodifiable map containing all of the extra properties associated with this schema element.

- Method Detail
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Returns the description of this schema element, or the empty string if it does not have a description.
    
    Returns:
    
    The description of this schema element, or the empty string if it does not have a description.
  - getExtraProperties
```
Map<String,List<String>> getExtraProperties()
```
    Returns an unmodifiable map containing all of the extra properties associated with this schema element.
    
    Returns:
    
    An unmodifiable map containing all of the extra properties associated with this schema element.